It is a sad fact of my life that often when I travel some tragedy occurs. Actually, it is not a sad part of my life. Its a sad part of the collective pain we all experience. With social media and 24 hour news cycles we are […]
Pack, pack, and pack some more. While packing and doing more packing, I have to sort out like 100 other things at the moment. When did life get so hectic and complicated? I’ve got physical therapy, I’ve got regular work and then I have work work. On top […]
Look at that happy face. Too happy to be contained. Yet… Imagining a tsunami of tears coming over his face. His giggle. His bright eyes. His rambunctousness. Sadly, Nothing can prepare you for the sadness of a child. It is that thought and image that is running through […]
It feels as if lately I am making up for lost movie-seeing time. I hadn’t gone to the movie theatre in ages before this past year. Now that I live in Los Angeles blocks away from a huge movie theatre, I can’t seem to stop myself from going […]
Not today. Most definitely tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow. We’ll have to make it work somehow. But definitely not today. Not right now. For it just cannot be. These bones are tired. These bones ache. These bones wait for a reprieve. All I got is what I have […]
I usually have semi-humurous, snarky posts. I’m a New Yorker, I can’t help it. Snark is in my DNA. Today, however, Im hoping to take a more serious time. I think I’m allowed to that. We all are. I first visited Los Angeles many, many years ago. During […]
I thought about doing it So close, so tempted I walked away scared But with dignity I stared into the abyss And nearly drowned But not all is safe Tomorrow, the abyss will call again To stare it down Is to drown To stare it down Is to […]
Growing up in the South Bronx I was very familiar with the sounds of music late, late into the night. And I do not mean yodeling with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Instead, there was salsa, merengue and freestyle music blasting into the night on a boom box. Ah, […]
I let you down You died before my eyes I saw your eyes cry You didn’t understand Why didn’t I hold you? Why didn’t I cusp your face? Why didn’t I touch your hand? I’m ashamed I’m battered I’m adrift Pain killed you Pain kills me Pain inures […]
I often digress when I write my random musings; at times addressing my main point deep into the second or third paragraph. And I am thankful that you all have gone along with it. Today, I hit my main point right off the bat. Well, actually more like […]
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